Acutely sensitive to the anxieties that plague social science writers, Becker does a brilliant job of speaking to the moral and emotional problems at the root of bad writing. He shows students (and post-graduates) what they are doing wrong in their attempts to write and offers eminently useful suggestions about what they should be doing instead.

About Howard Saul Becker

Howard S. Becker has made major contributions to the sociology of deviance, sociology of art, and sociology of music. He has also written extensively on the practice of sociology. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, where he was also an instructor in sociology and social sciences. He became professor of sociology at Northwestern University, where he taught for twenty-five years. When he retired from active teaching he was a professor of sociology and an adjunct professor of music at the University of Washington. He lives and works in San Francisco and Paris.

Additional information

Sku

GOR002850685

ISBN 13

9780226041087

ISBN 10

0226041085

Title

Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book or Article by Howard Saul Becker

Author

Howard Saul Becker

Series

Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press

Year published

1986-03-01

Number of pages

192

Prizes

N/A

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